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1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. The act of devising something.
11. South African term for `boss'.
15. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
16. A needle-like part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal.
17. God of fire.
18. The sound of laughing.
20. An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.
21. By bad luck.
22. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
24. Without a face or identity.
26. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
28. Having the consistency of mush.
29. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. A fit of shivering.
31. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
35. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
38. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
42. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
46. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
47. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
48. English essayist (1775-1834).
49. A worker who oils engines or machinery.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
52. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
53. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
56. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
58. The eleventh month of the civil year.
60. A notice of someone's death.
64. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
67. Resulting from inflammation.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
74. Jordan's port.
75. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
76. Typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects.
78. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
79. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
80. Keep from happening of arising.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Big-eyed scad.
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. The largest city of Cameroon.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
6. Moral weakness.
7. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
8. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
9. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
10. Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
13. Squash bugs.
14. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
19. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
23. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
25. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
27. Argentine guerrilla leader who played an important role in the Cuban revolution under Fidel Castro (1928-1967).
32. Hear or try a court case anew.
34. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
36. The content of cognition.
37. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
39. A university in Connecticut.
40. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
41. Castrate, used with animals.
43. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
44. South American cavy.
45. A notable achievement.
51. An unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene.
54. One of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
59. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
61. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).
66. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
68. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. A state in northwestern North America.
72. (informal) Of the highest quality.
73. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
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